
South Africa reached Test cricket's summit in England 10 years ago. ©Getty
South Africa reached a summit 10 years ago. Then they came down and confirmed themselves as the best team in the world. Ten years on they are again climbing mountains. The peak has yet to be reached, and there can be no guarantee that they won't tumble along the way. But no-one, then as now, is looking down.
"We had had an incredible build-up in Switzerland with Mike Horne; the work we did there strengthened our unit even more," Graeme Smith told Cricbuzz about his team's groundwork for their